I had the great merit of being in two Litvak yeshivas Shar Yashuv and the Mir in NY. However I got off track. I had seen some very great insights and ideas in Breslov books, and even though there is a lot of things to learn from the great tzadik, Nahman of Breslov, still that was a bad reason to leave the Litvak approach which is that of the Gra-- straight and simple Torah with no frills.
I seem to have a bad habit. Often God gives me great things, and then I mess up. And yet for some reason, He seems to give me second chances.
[It is not that all Litvak yeshivas are so great. But those two that I went to were really special.]
In any case, it seems to me today I could very well have learned things from Breslov books, and still remained in the path of the Gra.
It takes some kind of common sense to learn something good in some other system of thought, but still to retain what good one already has. Not to throw everything overboard because one sees some great insight in some other backyard.
[The importance of straight Litvak yeshivas is the emphasis on God and his holy Torah. There one can come to authentic Torah.] [It might not be something I can communicate very well to anyone, but for what it is worth, the main thing one can get in an authentic Litvak Yeshiva is something he can not get anywhere else:-the spirit of Torah. But like I said it's unlikely that most people will understand what this means.]
I seem to have a bad habit. Often God gives me great things, and then I mess up. And yet for some reason, He seems to give me second chances.
[It is not that all Litvak yeshivas are so great. But those two that I went to were really special.]
In any case, it seems to me today I could very well have learned things from Breslov books, and still remained in the path of the Gra.
It takes some kind of common sense to learn something good in some other system of thought, but still to retain what good one already has. Not to throw everything overboard because one sees some great insight in some other backyard.
[The importance of straight Litvak yeshivas is the emphasis on God and his holy Torah. There one can come to authentic Torah.] [It might not be something I can communicate very well to anyone, but for what it is worth, the main thing one can get in an authentic Litvak Yeshiva is something he can not get anywhere else:-the spirit of Torah. But like I said it's unlikely that most people will understand what this means.]
